US2007095941A1PendingUtilityA1

Scent dispensing apparatus

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Nov 3, 2005Filed: Nov 3, 2005Published: May 3, 2007
Est. expiryNov 3, 2025(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Geoffrey Gorres
A01M 31/008A61L 9/037A01M 1/2044A01N 25/18A61L 9/127A61L 9/14A01M 29/12
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Abstract

The invention provides for an apparatus for dispensing scent.

Claims

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1 . An apparatus for dispensing scent comprising: 
 a variable timer;    a scent dispenser; and    a fitting adapted to connect a container holding a scent to said scent dispenser without having to open said container.    
     
     
         2 . An apparatus for dispensing scent comprising: 
 a variable timer;    a flowable-scent dispenser;    a fitting adapted to connect a container holding a flowable-scent to said flowable-scent dispenser without having to open said container; and    a weather-resistant housing.    
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  or  2 , further comprising a container holding a scent.  
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising a heating element or a reservoir for holding a heating element.  
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein said heating element or said reservoir for holding said heating element is proximal to said container holding said scent or to said scent dispenser.  
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the heating element is removable.  
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the heating element is an electrical heating element or a chemical heating element.  
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the variable timer is programmable.  
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the variable timer is programmable for the interval between deliveries.  
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the variable timer is programmable for the duration of delivery.  
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the variable timer is programmable for the interval between deliveries and for the duration of delivery.  
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a power supply connected to said variable timer.  
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the power supply is battery operated.  
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the power supply is solar-powered.  
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the variable timer is programmable for the condition under which delivery occurs.  
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the condition is motion, temperature, weather, moon phase, ambient lighting, or a combination thereof.  
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 1  or  2 , wherein said scent dispenser uses gravity to dispense said scent.  
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 1  or  2 , wherein said scent dispenser uses a propellant to dispense said scent.  
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 1  or  2 , wherein said scent dispenser uses a motorized pump to dispense said scent.  
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 19 , further comprising a power supply connected to said motorized pump.  
     
     
         21 . The apparatus of  claim 20 , wherein said power supply is battery-operated.  
     
     
         22 . The apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein said motorized pump is a rotary pump, a roller pump, a worm-drive pump, or a gravity-fed pump.  
     
     
         23 . The apparatus of  claim 1  or  2 , wherein said flowable-scent dispenser comprises a valve.  
     
     
         24 . The apparatus of  claim 1  or  2 , wherein a flowable-scent exits said flowable-scent dispenser through an orifice selected from the group consisting of a wick, a nozzle, a drip tube, and a scent chamber.  
     
     
         25 . The apparatus of  claim 24 , wherein said orifice comprises a retractable wick.  
     
     
         26 . The apparatus of  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the fitting adapted to connect a container holding a scent to said scent dispenser without having to open said container comprises a luer lock fitting, a press-fit fitting, a snap-fit fitting, a screw-on fitting, or a piercing fitting.  
     
     
         27 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the weather-resistant housing contains a window.  
     
     
         28 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the weather-resistant housing is a lockable.  
     
     
         29 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the container holding a flowable-scent is refillable.  
     
     
         30 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the container holding a flowable-scent is removable.  
     
     
         31 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the container holding a flowable-scent is a bag, a vial, a bottle, a bladder, a chamber, or a cartridge.  
     
     
         32 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the flowable-scent is selected from the group consisting of a solid, a powder, a liquid, and a gel.  
     
     
         33 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the flowable-scent is an attractant.  
     
     
         34 . The apparatus of  claim 33 , wherein the scent is selected from the group consisting of urine, estrus, glandular secretions, hormones, pheromones, apple, acorn, berry, honey, and bacon.  
     
     
         35 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the flowable-scent is a repellant scent.  
     
     
         36 . The apparatus of  claim 35 , wherein the scent is selected from the group consisting of insect repellant, animal repellant, urine, and pepper spray.  
     
     
         37 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the flowable-scent is a covering scent.  
     
     
         38 . The apparatus of  claim 37 , wherein the scent is selected from the group consisting of soap, earth, pine, cedar, corn, acorn, apple, berry, persimmon, vanilla, anise, animal urine, and animal musk.  
     
     
         39 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a strap to hang or suspend the apparatus from an object.  
     
     
         40 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising an on-off switch.  
     
     
         41 . An apparatus for dispensing scent comprising: 
 a variable timer;    a flowable-scent dispenser, wherein said flowable-scent dispenser uses a motorized pump to dispense a flowable scent, wherein a flowable-scent exits said flowable-scent dispenser through an orifice, wherein the orifice is a nozzle;    a fitting adapted to connect a container holding a scent to said scent dispenser without having to open said container;    a container for holding said scent, wherein said container is a bag; and    a weather-resistant housing.    
     
     
         42 . An apparatus for dispensing scent comprising: 
 means for variably timing delivery of a scent;    means for dispensing a flowable scent, wherein said means for dispensing a flowable scent comprises an orifice through which a flowable scent exits;    means to connect a container holding a scent to said scent dispenser without having to open said container;    means for containing a scent; and    housing means, wherein said housing means are weather-resistant.

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